Switch-key attachment.



E. SIMPSON.

SWITCH KEY ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1914.

1', 1 42,277 Patented; 11116" 8, 1915.

EDMUND SIMPSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWITCH-KEY ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed June 26, 1914. Serial No. 847,509.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMUND SIMPSON, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at the Bronx, New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Switch-Key Attachments, of which the following isa specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which may be quicklyand easily attached to the switch key of an ordinary lamp socket wherebythe key may be operated by pulling a chain carried by the device andextended within easy reach of the user.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an attachment ofthis character formed entirely from sheet metal and in two parts whichmay be inexpensively manufactured.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary lamp socket and lamp showingmy improved operating device attached to the switch key. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the operating device detached from the key, and,Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of the attachment applied tothe-switch key.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral5'indicates the body of the attachment formed from sheet metal ofadequate thickness and provided with longitudinally extending arms 6extended in parallel spaced relation from one end thereof. The body 5 isbent into substantially U-formation, as

Copies of this patent may be obtained for clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.A strap 7 also formed of sheet metal is secured to the outer face of theweb portion of the U-shaped body 5 by rivets 8 or equivalent securingmeans, and is provided adjacent its opposite ends with laterallyprojecting arms 5 having the intermediate portions 10 twisted andapertures 11 in one end thereof. Operating cords or chains 12 aresecured at their upper ends in the apertures 11 of the arms 5, and arepreferably provided at their ends with knobs 13.

The device is attached to the operating switch key 14 of a lamp bracket15 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3, and the longitudinally extendingarms 6 are bent around the inner edge of the key 14 on opposite sides ofthe shank 16 thereby securely attaching the operating device to the key.

What I claim is An attachment for a switch key including a U-shaped bodyhaving a central or web portion and corresponding cheeks of differentlengths, the long cheek being slotted inwardly to define a pair of armsor bifurcations adapted to receive therebetween the shank of a switchkey and to be bent to engage the other or short cheek to secure theU-shaped body in position on the key, a strap secured through the webportion of said body having oppositely directed arms formed integraltherewith, and operating cords secured to the outer extremities of saidarms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND SIMPSON.

Witnesses Gnonon A. WOLF, FRANK W. SALMON.

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Washington. D. G.

